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Here is a video, I’ve heard really great things!

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Some were overly public (TV show script) and harmless while others, such as who has interviewed at the company were overly private (many mortgages could go bust if that was leaked).

Today TechCrunch released a good amount of the documents in an overly tasteful way (really telling the story, putting context and not making anyone look like a complete fool, which could have been done by omitting certain parts of the story).

Interesting.  We get to play a little armchair quarterback with the releasing of these.

I’m left with a puzzled feeling after reading the notes.  Interesting read, and largely, we must note, without context to who / what /why these were lined up the way they were.

The big question for me is when will be Twitters Friendster moment (users bail!) and is this it.

They have created a product that is more addictive than cigarettes for users (try quitting) but beyond that, really have been uninspiring.  The users have been extremely interesting, while the application is buggy, slow and getting loaded with spam. I have just over 8600 ‘followers’ at the time of writing this, but have been followed by over 20,000.  That is over 10,000 people that have followed, and then unfollowed once I didn’t follow back.  10,000 emails to my inbox.  I’m not going into what causes these behaviors (I tweet a lot) but you can’t deny that spam is a widespread and largely unanswered problem on Twitter.

I am convinced of one thing though, that users don’t ‘tweet.’

They post.

The problem that Twitter solved, if you will stretch a bit, is they made non media producers to media producers.  And it is working, although not providing any data on location or context, but people like David’s Mom are avid media producers.

These users that didn’t post are not doing so (outside of the confines of FaceBook or the spam riddled MySpace).

And I can’t help but come to a conclusion that these interesting groups are the biggest story.  They are getting used to post.

And post a lot.

And there will be a point when the spam and bugs and drama of twitter will shove them to smaller networks.

Or start their own.

The feeling that I am left with after reading the documents is that no, passionate user, this company is not for you.

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It was my first century (ride over 100 miles) and easily the toughest thing I have ever done.  It took me 11:30 to complete with some of the most active and amazingly strong people in Boulder.

Locals rocking the ride were Seth Levine, Eddie O’Neil, Ari Newman, Mike Soltys, Rob Johnson, Nate Abbot, Natty Zola, Brent Daily and Kelly Taylor (perhaps a few more?).

This is how it broke down (or you can look at a pretty map of Brent’s ride):

Hour 1: Ari Newman gave me a ride to the start.  Just at dawn, we got on the road, joining Rob Johnson to start the first pass.
Hour 2: My first flat tire in 2 years.  While changing it, a nice lady in a support vehicle stopped to assist with a full size pump.  She was awesome, we talked about the tour and her husband doing the race.  Also found out that she doesn’t know how to ride a bike.

Hour 3: Descending into Idaho Springs.  Big time fun descent, speeds of 40-45.  The cars couldn’t pass the slower riders safely, but the bikes could pass the cars.  A weird situation.  Found Kelly.

Hour 4: Climbing again.  Didn’t find Bobby Johnson (Rob’s Dad who played support vehicle).

Hour 5: Holy all that is good in this world that is a climb.  Bonked like I never had, 15 miles near or on I70 with a headwind.  Ug. Lunchtime!  Cold watermelon saved my life.

Hour 6: Summit!  With Rob, Eddie and Ingrid at the Loveland Pass.  11k feet.

Notice the TechStars socks for Ingrid and myself.

Hour 7: Another crazy descent.  Thinking I hit 48 or 50mph.  Passed Ingrid with the biggest smile I’ve ever had on my face.  Rob kept up on the descent.

Hour 8: Swan Pass, the hidden climb of the day.  Felt strong, but here comes the rain.

Hour 9: Sprinkling rain going into aid station 4, full rain about 8 miles up.   The final pass of the day, Vail, made me want to just go home.  Mentally I was done.  The rain was making me pretty cold and every time we passed an underpass, there were five cyclists trying to warm up.  Found out my rain jacket wasn’t really waterproof.  Put my iPhone away out of the rain. 

Hour 10: Full blasting rain.

My thought process:

This is bad.
*Starts raining hard*
No, this pure sucks.
*Can’t stop shivering, brakes don’t do much for slowing you down*
Fuck that, this is miserable.
*rain turns a touch into hail*
It can’t get much worse.  I should stop.
*10 miles to go on a 120 mile ride*
Fuck that, this is amazing.

Hour 11: I somehow kicked it into gear for the last 10 miles.  I passed around 60 riders and was almost at a stand up sprint for the last mile. All the roundabouts were blocked off for the cyclists (which rocked after such a ride).  Crossed the finish line and was full of joy.  The rain stopped, cheered Rob on as he came in, checked my bike and sat down to a 1200+ calorie dinner.  I had just burned over 10,000 after all.

Check that one off the list. Half Iron (a copperman?) is less than a month away.  One more week of hard training and then time to cruise into it.  Then a super Longs attempt.

Congrats to everyone that did it!

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January 2010 Central Vietnam: January 11-23, 2010
This is the first time a group of American media makers and photographers have been cleared to enter the Quang Tri Province by the Vietnamese government since the war.

More at SalaamGarage.

If I did it, would you kick in a donation to fundraise for the experience?  I will be bringing bringing back 2000-6000 frames plus some HD footage to help tell the story of the people and land.

Send me an email (andrew {at} endoze.com) or leave a comment.  The trip is $5000 so some type of fundraising is in store. Any other ideas?

I’d bring back some kick ass media.

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Wow, what a place.  Small town charm, big town activities. I will be back.

On the drive up Rich told me that our friend Amy would be running this 1/3 marathon starting at 11,000 feet or something.

Rich is also the guy I started training with during the first 120 day project.  We got to camp and it took Amy about three words to convince me to do it with her.  $35 and a 6am wake up and I was in.

The start was under Mt. Gothic, and impressive and massive peak.  I really wish I had some sort of lightweight (ring sized) that takes smaller photos.

Anyway, early morning, and it was a cold one, start.  I didn’t stretch much deciding that a nice easy two miles would be the perfect warmup.  The start happened, with 500 or so on a dirt road.  Crowded.  They started the race and I just got really tired of going slow in a pack.  I ditched Amy finding the perfect seam through the crowd to pass around 300 people in the first two miles.

When you do something like that, you feel like a million bucks.

Really, the best I have ever felt running.

Then the hills came and all those folks ‘pacing’ started to kick my ass.  Miles 3-6 were slow, painful and only good because of the beautiful area around.  Mile 6 is when Amy caught up to me, and that was enough for me to get out of my funk.  If it was two miles of pain to finish with Amy, then that is what I was going to do.  Her paced felt like 8 min miles (most likely slower, but that is damn fast at 10,000 feet.

I kept up with Amy until the last turn, in which I started to feel my stomach really turn.  I had the acid taste in my mouth and slowed down quite a bit to avoid puking in front of the finish line crowd.

Really a strong race.  8.55 miles, 1:18:35 time (9:15 pace).

Bracken, Darcy and Rich took care of me after the race.  I wasn’t thinking much in that post race zone of needing food and not being able to really walk in a straight line.  We went to the gas station cafe for greasy sandwiches and coffee at Camp 4.

A great race, I will be back.

Next up is the Triple Bypass then the half iron.

I need some help with vehicle support for the Triple Bypass next weekend, anyone want to spend the day in the mountains?

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Here are the first four episodes:

The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 1 “The Selected Few”

The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 2 “Orientation”

The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 3 “A Community Party”

The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 4 “Skills & Persistence”

You can follow the series iTunes link or RSS feed or on the page on TechStars dedicated to the series.

We hope you enjoy!

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Here are the speakers!

Joel Gratz- You don’t need a life coach! All the answers were in the 4th grade…

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Rick Bakas- Bacon and Timetravel

Erika Napoletano- How Victoria’s Secret is Single-Handedly Causing the Current Recession

Michael Tseng- Interaction Design (is not your father)

James Baber- US Culture – Through the lens of Top Grossing Movies & the DSM IV

Dr. Richard Han- Universities and communities that spark successful New Tech businesses

Corey Donohoe- Everything I know about being an awesome open source hacker was learned from indie rap artists

Bruce Wyman- Marine Mammal Biology

Elaine Ellis and Tara Anderson- Colorado: The Napa Valley of Beer

Garret Smith and John English- World War Corn

Terry Cabeen- Find Your Community. Or Build It.

Naomi Meredith- 15 things you didn’t know about the Founding Fathers

Plus, we will be giving away Adobe Creative Suite 4 AND an iPhone 16 GB GS!

Do you have your ticket yet?  Invite all your friends!

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